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• D&D: Baldur’s Gate 3 hotfix removes the void from the main menu, but not your heart
• Destiny 2 third-party apps are about to get way more useful
• Euro Truck Simulator 2 devs remind us of “the main reason for a trucker’s journey”
• Icarus release time confirmed – the DayZ creator’s next game is ready for launch
• Dying Light 2 gameplay video shows off a tense defence mission and paragliding
• Quake just got a new horde mode, made by the Wolfenstein devs
• Cities: VR is not Cities: Skylines 2, but the city builder devs have more in store
• The full list of FFXIV Endwalker job changes is here
• The guy responsible for Call of Duty is now in charge of Battlefield
• The best RTS games on PC in 2021
• FFXIV Endwalker release time – here’s when maintenance ends

D&D: Baldur’s Gate 3 hotfix removes the void from the main menu, but not your heart Posted: 02 Dec 2021 03:46 PM PST Like many others, I've been waiting to dive into Baldur's Gate 3 until the D&D game emerges from Early Access. But in the meantime, I've been enjoying developer Larian's patch notes for the game, where even the tiniest hotfixes are typically delivered in extremely entertaining ways. After the end of the electric slide, we're now getting some void removal. "This week, we answer the question of 'who stole the sky?' The answer may surprise you, in that the Shattered Sanctum apparently did it," the devs explain in the Hotfix 19 announcement. "This isn't quite a Clue-level mystery, but those precious clouds have at last been returned in this specific case. Let's hope nobody else attempts to captain-planet-villain away our beautiful clouds for the foreseeable future." So yes, an error which previously replaced the sky in the main menu with a featureless void has now been corrected. You'll also find that folks at Duergar Camp are "no longer trapped in an infinite dialogue loop about explosive powder". View the full site RELATED LINKS: Baldur's Gate 3 release date, Baldur's Gate 3 races, Baldur's Gate 3 classes

Destiny 2 third-party apps are about to get way more useful Posted: 02 Dec 2021 03:06 PM PST When the next big update for space MMO Destiny 2 arrives December 7, you can expect to see some changes to your favourite third party Destiny 2 apps coming shortly after. That's because Destiny 2 will be dropping the glimmer cost associated with armour mods, and opening up Armour 2.0 mods, weapon perks, shaders, and more to app developers. Apps like Destiny Item Manager and Ishtar Commander make it easy to manage your Destiny 2 inventory from your mobile device or web browser, but historically there have been some limitations on what these apps can do with the Destiny 2 API. Fortunately, Bungie says it's ready to at least start opening up the options available to developers, with an eye toward making loadout creation and management possible through these apps. "Starting next week, you can swap out your armor mods instantaneously, at any time, with no Glimmer or currency required," writes senior community manager Dylan 'dmg04' Gafner in the latest This Week at Bungie. "The goal of the team is to better enable build crafting on the fly, whether you be loading into a PvP match or prepping for a Nightfall." View the full site RELATED LINKS: Destiny 2: Beyond Light review, Destiny 2 exotics, Play Destiny 2

Euro Truck Simulator 2 devs remind us of “the main reason for a trucker’s journey” Posted: 02 Dec 2021 03:05 PM PST Look, I spend a lot of time writing about American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2. In many cases, I'm simply linking to blog posts from developer SCS Software and pulling out a few choice quotes or screenshots on upcoming DLC. I want you to understand that I'm doing this because I love these blog posts. Especially today's breakdown of the industrial zones in the upcoming Heart of Russia DLC. "It is easy to get lost in the mysterious country of Russia while reading about its marvelous nature or historical buildings and monuments, but it's also important to remember the main reason for a trucker's journey," as the devs explain. Yes, friends - be not distracted by beautiful churches or astounding natural wonders. We've got to talk industry. To that end, the devs are teasing some of the new industries that'll appear in Heart of Russia, offering you the ability to "drive through vast industrial areas, then take a look behind the concrete walls of factory complexes, and witness details such as old bricks, rough concrete, rusty pipes, and many other small parts worth discovering." View the full site RELATED LINKS: Euro Truck Simulator 2 system requirements, Best VR games, How to set up your Oculus Rift

Icarus release time confirmed – the DayZ creator’s next game is ready for launch Posted: 02 Dec 2021 02:16 PM PST The next game from the creator of DayZ is due to launch this weekend, and the devs have provided the precise Icarus release time on Steam. After an array of betas, the game is scheduled to launch in full on December 3 - depending on your time zone - and the devs at RocketWerkz have also provided some details on what to expect from the final release. Icarus launches on Friday, December 3 at 2pm PST / 5pm EST / 10pm GMT. From now until December 7, it's on a 10% launch discount, bringing the price down to $26.99 / £21.41 / €22.49. If you want to spend a pile of extra money to get access to two additional outposts (special locations intended for building) and two future DLC packs, you can spend upwards of $90 USD on the Supporters Edition. You can hit the announcement blog for the full details on what's in the game at launch, but if you want the top line details: 64 square kilometers of space, 35 missions, tier four of the tech tree, exotic matter to acquire, an orbital workshop to access advanced technology, and an offline mode. View the full site

Dying Light 2 gameplay video shows off a tense defence mission and paragliding Posted: 02 Dec 2021 01:57 PM PST There's another chunky drop of Dying Light 2 gameplay footage out in the wild today, which shows off a few of the features we've heard about in the upcoming zombie game. Developer Techland showcased the video today on its Twitch channel, and the clip provides a nice mix of combat, exploration, and character interaction - as well as some new locations. The clip shows a quest called A Place Called Home, and it begins atop a nondescript building near the heart of the City, with a discussion between player character Aiden and Lawan, played by Rosario Dawson. Lawan wants Aiden to help restore power to an electrical substation nearby, and gives Aiden a paraglider to help him navigate high above the City's zombie-infested alleyways. At the substation, Aiden runs into some of the Peace Keepers, one of the factions vying for control of the City. There's some light puzzle solving involved inside to get the power back up and running, and once it's ready, Aiden has to decide whether to give control of the station over to Lawan's group of survivors, or to the Peace Keepers. Both sides offer some benefit in return for control: the Peace Keepers, for example, will install explosive car traps around the city in exchange for the keys to the relay. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Dying Light 2 release date, Dying Light 2 factions, Dying Light 2 trailer reveal

Quake just got a new horde mode, made by the Wolfenstein devs Posted: 02 Dec 2021 12:00 PM PST Classic FPS game Quake is now 25 years old, but it just got a brand new mode, courtesy of the folks who've been in charge of keeping the Wolfenstein series fresh these past several years. That's right: there's now an official horde mode in the original Quake, and the gang at MachineGames has even thrown in a classic mod as well. First, though, horde mode. You can find it in the multiplayer menu in the Steam version of Quake now. Just select 'change settings' once you've chosen local or online multiplayer, pick 'horde,' and then choose the number of bots you want, the difficulty, and the map you want to play on. There are four maps, each with their own distinctive looks and gear selections. You'll blast away at waves of classic Quake monsters, and downing some of the big ones will spawn a silver key, which usually lets you into a room with some powerful gear inside. The key thing to remember in Quake is that you never want to sit still - just keep firing nails, shotgun shells, or lightning bolts at whatever enemies hove into view. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Best FPS games, Best old games, Best multiplayer games

Cities: VR is not Cities: Skylines 2, but the city builder devs have more in store Posted: 02 Dec 2021 11:06 AM PST A new Cities game was announced today, but if you're waiting for a full sequel to Cities: Skylines, you're going to need to wait a bit longer. Cities: VR looks like a fun twist on the formula, but the devs behind the series have stepped in to assure fans that something more traditional is on the way, too. "We want to reassure this awesome community that we are still hard at work on the previously-mentioned project with Colossal Order," the Cities team said in a blog post ahead of today's announcement, "but we are not yet at a point where we are ready to share more information on it. Our upcoming news and announcements are not related to that project nor do they affect that project's timeline." Cities: VR is in development at Fast Travel Games for the Meta (formerly Oculus) Quest 2. The VR game is due to launch in spring 2022, and will let you do all the city planning you'd expect, now from a god's-eye view. Alas, there's no mention of any ability to import your Cities: Skylines saves to explore your existing towns in VR, which is what I'd want out of a product like this. View the full site

The full list of FFXIV Endwalker job changes is here Posted: 02 Dec 2021 10:20 AM PST You can't play Final Fantasy XIV right now, as the MMORPG is currently in the midst of a 24-hour maintenance period leading up to the Endwalker release time. But now that downtime is upon us, the full patch notes are here, too, including the full list of job changes we'll see as 6.0 goes live. You can head to the official site to get the full list of changes for your preferred class - there's far too much to list here - but there are a couple of things to bear in mind. Damage values are getting rebalanced across the board in Endwalker, and you'll see that nearly every melee ability in the game has had its potency reduced. Until we actually see how those abilities perform in-game, we won't know whether they're better or worse off with the new potency values. There are a few standout changes, even with that in mind. Bards now benefit from their own buffs. Monks no longer have to deal with most of their positional bonuses. Astrologians have had the radius of Earthly Star more than doubled, so they should have much less trouble wrangling the party into those AoE heals now. View the full site RELATED LINKS: FFXIV Shadowbringers review, FFXIV Gunbreaker job guide, FFXIV Dancer job guide

The guy responsible for Call of Duty is now in charge of Battlefield Posted: 02 Dec 2021 10:01 AM PST A major reorganisation at EA/DICE has been announced today, with Respawn boss Vince Zampella taking the reins to the Battlefield franchise from departing DICE general manager Oskar Gabrielson. EA says it plans to expand the Battlefield FPS game series, and it's bringing in veterans from the Halo and Call of Duty franchises to help with Battlefield 2042 and beyond. In comments to Gamespot, Zampella says the overall intent is to build a "connected Battlefield universe," expanding Battlefield 2042 with new content and new options for players to use in Battlefield 2042's Portal mode. To help do that, EA has brought in Marcus Lehto, who designed Master Chief while working on Halo for Bungie. According to Gamespot, Lehto's Seattle-based studio is currently at work with DICE and Ripple Effect on building out the narrative side of the Battlefield series. Zampella, who cofounded Infinity Ward, was a long-time veteran of the Call of Duty franchise before he split with Activision to form Respawn in 2011, where he and co-founder and fellow Infinity Ward alum Jason West began work on what would become Titanfall. That studio was acquired by EA in 2017, and launched the hit battle royale game Apex Legends in 2019. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Battlefield 2042 review, Best multiplayer games on PC, Best FPS games on PC

The best RTS games on PC in 2021 Posted: 02 Dec 2021 08:37 AM PST It's impossible to overstate how enjoyable RTS games can be. There are few things as satisfying as building up an immense army and simply washing over your foes like a river over stones, erasing their existence as effortlessly as a click. If you're looking for a broader list of the best strategy games then we've got a separate list for that - this one's all about real-time, where you can't hide behind the safety of turn-based strategy's pace. The genre is largely defined by the likes of Starcraft and Age of Empires, but indie games like Northgard and Driftland have shown there's plenty of other voices to be heard. There's also plenty to celebrate in games that are technically real-time, but not strictly speaking considered 'RTS'. The rise of MOBAs has challenged the RTS scene quite significantly over the past decade, but this hasn't stopped some worthy games rising to the top ranks to earn their own place the hall of fame. Here's our take on the best RTS games on PC, though we're skewing more towards newer releases because, honestly, we all know how good Homeworld was by now. View the full site RELATED LINKS: Company of Heroes 2 Ardennes Assault, Company of Heroes 2 review, Play Company of Heroes 2

FFXIV Endwalker release time – here’s when maintenance ends Posted: 02 Dec 2021 09:02 AM PST After one last delay, the Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker release date finally lands this week - at least for early access. We've got precise details on the timing for the launch of Endwalker and patch 6.0, as well as the maintenance that's currently underway. So if you're looking forward to the FFXIV Endwalker unlock time, here's everything you need to know. FFXIV's Endwalker expansion is the culmination of a story that's been building over the Realm Reborn, Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers expansions. FFXIV is set to continue after Endwalker, of course, but you can think of this update as the end of the Zodiark and Hydaelyn saga. To help tide us over while we wait for the Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker release time, Square Enix has published the FFXIV 6.0 patch notes. You'll likely have seen plenty of it before - new locations, jobs, and more - but there are other neat titbits. The developers have made more clothes gender neutral, so now you can wear spring, Thavnairian, maid, and butler outfits regardless of your Warrior of Light's gender. Yes, that means you can dress your male Viera - read: bunny boy - as a maid. View the full site RELATED LINKS: FFXIV Shadowbringers review, FFXIV Gunbreaker job guide, FFXIV Dancer job guide

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